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2009 Partner Advantage Award Series Valid from October 1, 2008 - September 30, 2009
The Partner Advantage Award Series is a prestigious awards program that recognizes top partner sales performances. Partners are rewarded for their diligence in representing Sage products and consistently going above and beyond to achieve sales excellence throughout the year. Listed below are the qualification criteria for our annual Partner Advantage Award series in order of prestige. These awards are based on our fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2008 - Sept. 30, 2009.)		Table of Contents
		Sage North America Partner of the Year
		Chairman's Club
		President's Circle
		Top Performers by Product Line
		Million Dollar Club

Sage North America Partner of the Year and Top Five Award

The elite group of partners who achieve the highest total product revenue across all of Sage North America will be honored with the Top Five award, with the top partner of the group being recognized as the Sage North America Partner of the Year.

Benefits

Invitation to exclusive President's Circle event
Sage North America Partner of the Year and Top Five press release announcement by Sage
Sage North America Partner of the Year press release template provided to the partner of the year
Top Five press release template provided to the next four ranking partners
Special logo provided to the Sage North America Partner of the Year and Top Five winners
Extra large crystal award for display to Sage North America Partner of the Year
Large crystal award for display to Top Five winners

Qualifications

Business partners who generate the highest combined product revenue in North America across all Sage product lines.

Chairman's Club

Chairman's Club is a level of distinction for exceptional Sage business partners. The objective of this membership is to reward and provide special recognition to our high performing business partners.

Benefits

Invitation to exclusive President's Circle event
One free registration to the Insights business partner conference, May 2010
One free registration to the Summit customer conference, November 2010
A dedicated session to your business on the development and analysis of your annual marketing plans
Attendance at your customer conference by a Sage leader with a speaking role if you wish
Chairman's Club press release announcement by Sage
Chairman's Club press release template provided to partners
Special logo provided for members
Large crystal award for display

Qualifications

Minimum requirement of ten new Sage customer additions between October 1, 2008 and September 30, 2009.
Submission of an annual business plan that incorporates marketing and sales goals for the year for all authorized Sage product lines, broken out by quarter and month.

The Chairman's Club membership is based on sales achievements across all Sage product lines listed in the chart below.

Product	Award Criteria	# Seats
Sage Accpac ERP Sage FAS Fixed Assets Sage MAS 90 and Sage MAS 200 ERP Sage MAS 500 ERP	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	5
Sage CRM Sage SalesLogix	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	3
DacEasy by Sage Sage BusinessVision Accounting Sage BusinessWorks Accounting Sage PFW ERP Sage Pro ERP Timeslips by Sage	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	1
ACT! by Sage Peachtree by Sage Simply Accounting by Sage	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	2
Sage Master Builder Sage Timberline	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	5
Sage Abra Sage Carpe Diem Sage TimeSheet	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	3
Sage Fund Accounting Sage Fundraising	Total combined product revenue across these product categories	3

President's Circle

The President's Circle rewards partners who achieve the top spots of specified award categories

Benefits

Invitation to exclusive President's Circle event
President's Circle press release template provided to partners
President's Circle logo provided to winners
Medium crystal award for display

Qualifications

The categories listed in the chart below represent the President's Circle qualifications criteria.

Sage Accpac ERP, SageCRM integrated with Sage Accpac ERP and End to End solutions
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Accpac ERP SageCRM integrated with Sage Accpac ERP and End to End Solutions	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	5
	Top New License Sales	Total new license revenue	2
	Top Platinum Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
	Top Gold Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
	Top New Product Growth	Based upon highest dollar product revenue growth to new customers (minimum of $50,000 new product revenue in previous year sales)	1
ACT! by Sage and Peachtree by Sage
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
ACT!	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	3
Peachtree	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	3
Construction and Real Estate Business Unit
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Master Builder Sage Timberline Office	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	7
Sage Master Builder	Top New Customer Growth	Based on top new customer product revenue growth (minimum $25,000 new product revenue in previous year's Sage Master Builder sales)	1
Sage Timberline Office	Top New Customer Growth	Based on top new customer product revenue growth (minimum $50,000 new product revenue in previous year's Sage Timberline sales)	1
Employer Solutions Business Unit
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Abra Sage Carpe Diem Sage TimeSheet	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	4
Sage Abra Sage Carpe Diem Sage TimeSheet	Top Product Growth	Based on highest percentage total product revenue growth year over year (minimum of $25,000 product revenue in previous year sales)	1
Nonprofit Solutions Business Unit
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Fund Accounting Sage Fundraising	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	3
Sage Fund Accounting Sage Fundraising	Top New Product Growth	Based on highest percentage total new product revenue growth year over year (minimum of $25,000 new product revenue in previous year sales)	1
SageCRM and Sage SalesLogix
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
SageCRM Sage SalesLogix	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	5
	Top New License Sales	Total new license revenue	2
	Top Platinum Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
	Top Gold Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
Sage FAS
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage FAS	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	1
Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 200, and Sage MAS 500 ERP
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage MAS 90 and 200	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	5
	Top New License Sales	Total new license revenue	3
	Top Platinum Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
	Top Gold Tier Product Sales	Top overall in total product revenue	1
Sage MAS 500	Top Product Sales	Total product revenue	3
Sage MAS 500	Top New License Sales	Total new license revenue	1
Sage MAS 90 and 200 Sage MAS 500	Top New Product Growth	Based upon highest dollar product revenue growth to new customers (minimum of $50,000 new product revenue in previous year sales)	1
Strategic and Value Business Units - All Sage ERP Solutions
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Accpac Sage BusinessVision Sage BusinessWorks Sage MAS Sage PFW Sage Pro	Next Top Partner in Total Product Sales	Total product revenue	1
Value Business Unit
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage BusinessVision Sage BusinessWorks	Top Sales	Total revenue	1
DacEasy by Sage TimeSlips by Sage	Top Sales	Total revenue	1
Sage PFW Sage Pro	Top Sales	Total revenue	1
Sage BusinessVision Sage BusinessWorks DacEasy by Sage Sage PFW Sage Pro TimeSlips by Sage	Top Reinstatement Revenue Growth	Based upon highest percentage revenue growth from reinstating customers that were off plan by more than 6 months (includes back year fees and current year maintenance plan). Minimum of $20,000 back fee and invoiced revenue in previous year sales.	1
President's Circle Customer Excellence Award
Product	Category	Award Criteria	Spots
Sage Product lines	Highest Net Promoter Score	Highest Net Promoter Score achieved in the Customer Loyalty Project.	4
Notes: Name a contact person from Sage partner's organization that will work with Sage during the Customer Loyalty Project term. Allow third party vendor to deploy customer survey using business partner or certified consultant company name. Submit/upload entire 2-year active Sage customer base to an independent third party survey vendor no later then the specified deadline date (partner or certified consultant can choose to keep their individual customer results confidential, however certain benefits will not apply.) Minimum survey response rate of 20% of the total customers submitted and at least 25 completed customer survey responses. Maintain good standing with Sage, with an active Business Partner/Certified Consultant Agreement in force. Maintain Gold level tier or above and have at least $25,000 in annual new license revenue to Sage.

President's Circle Notes

Top Five Sage North America Award winners (including Sage North America Partner of the Year), and Chairman's Club members are not eligible for any other President's Circle award categories.
Each business partner is eligible to win only one President's Circle spot.
Partners who qualify in more than one category will earn the spot for the category in which they have the highest revenue.
New License revenue only includes product sales to new customers.
Only company principals (owner, president, etc.) are qualified to attend the President's Circle award trip. No other representative attendees may participate in the trip unless the principal is also present. There may be no substitutions for the prize, and the Sage business partner forfeits the trip if they cannot attend for any reason.

Starting in May, partners will begin receiving President's Circle ranking statements based on the fiscal Year Oct. 1, 2008 through Sept. 30, 2009. These statements should not be confused with the Tier Benefit Program reports that reflect rolling 12-months sales activity.

Top Performers by Product Line

This award recognizes top partners for each specific product line.

Benefits

Top Performer press release template provided to partners
Top Performer logo provided to winners
Large plaque award for display

Qualifications

Business partners who achieve the highest level of total product and service revenues by product line. Qualifying sales for this award include: new license, upgrades, add-on modules, Professional Services Group (PSG), service, educational curriculums for Authorized Training Centers (ATC's) and certified trainers.*

*ATC fees and promotional items are not included.

Sage Product Lines
ACT! by Sage DacEasy by Sage Peachtree by Sage Sage Abra Sage Accpac ERP Sage BusinessVision Accounting Sage BusinessWorks Accounting SageCRM Sage FAS Fixed Assets Sage Fundraising	Sage MAS 90 and Sage 200 ERP Sage MAS 500 ERP Sage Master Builder Sage MIP Fund Accounting Sage PFW ERP Sage Pro ERP Sage SalesLogix Sage Timberline Office Sage TimeSheet TimeSlips by Sage

Million Dollar Club

This award will be presented in recognition of the elite group of business partners who attain or exceed $1 million in total Sage revenue.

Qualifications	Benefits
$1+ Million Dollar achievers in annual total Sage revenue	Million Dollar Club press release announcement by Sage Million Dollar Club press release template provided to partners Usage of Million Dollar Club logo Medium plaque award for display

Additional Notes: Applies to all Partner Advantage Awards

Product revenue includes: customer new licenses, add-ons, upgrades, and training (Excludes: reseller fees, software for partner's internal use, forms, professional services, and authorized training center (ATC) signup and renewal fees.)
Business partners are only eligible to win one President's Circle spot across the following award categories: Top Five Sage North America Awards (including Sage North America Partner of the Year), Chairman's Club, and President's Circle.
For qualification toward any of the awards, combined revenues of business partners that merge or acquire other Sage partners will only be recognized if the merger or acquisition was finalized prior to April 1, 2009, (pre-approval by a Sage sales manager required). For mergers or acquisitions after April 1, 2009, each office will compete separately.
All awards are based upon actual revenue to Sage and do not include tier dollars from tier promotions.
Partner must be in good standing with Sage, including good credit standing.
Sage reserves the right to make changes to the Partner Advantage Award Series in its sole discretion.

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